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Protecting (varnish) Wallpaper in Bathroom
I've got a wall in a bathroom to paper, paper is spongeable but not
vinyl. It will need protecting from moisture. Googling finds decorators varish, available in gloss, satin and matt, will probably go for matt or maybe satin. Does anyone have experience of his stuff, I've never used it before and don't want to wreck the customers wallpaper? Any "gotchas" to look out for. I normally use Solvite (powder, not ready mix) for paper hanging, is this ok? I've found this (Polyvine Decorators Varnish): http://www.polyvine.com/shop/show/va...%20varnishes/6 but maybe someone has other recommendations? |
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On Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:59:38 +0100, DavidM
wrote: I've got a wall in a bathroom to paper, paper is spongeable but not vinyl. It will need protecting from moisture. Googling finds decorators varish, available in gloss, satin and matt, will probably go for matt or maybe satin. Does anyone have experience of his stuff, I've never used it before and don't want to wreck the customers wallpaper? Any "gotchas" to look out for. I normally use Solvite (powder, not ready mix) for paper hanging, is this ok? I've found this (Polyvine Decorators Varnish): http://www.polyvine.com/shop/show/va...%20varnishes/6 but maybe someone has other recommendations? anyone? |
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On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:44:03 +0100, DavidM
wrote: On Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:59:38 +0100, DavidM wrote: I've got a wall in a bathroom to paper, paper is spongeable but not vinyl. It will need protecting from moisture. Googling finds decorators varish, available in gloss, satin and matt, will probably go for matt or maybe satin. Does anyone have experience of his stuff, I've never used it before and don't want to wreck the customers wallpaper? Any "gotchas" to look out for. I normally use Solvite (powder, not ready mix) for paper hanging, is this ok? I've found this (Polyvine Decorators Varnish): http://www.polyvine.com/shop/show/va...%20varnishes/6 but maybe someone has other recommendations? anyone? We have got some Polyvine water based varnish. It's OK, but not as a) tough and; b) hard-surfaced as another company's water based floor seal. I've not heard of people varnishing wallpaper except in emulation of Victorian techniques. -- Rod |
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On Aug 11, 6:40*pm, polygonum wrote:
On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:44:03 +0100, DavidM * wrote: On Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:59:38 +0100, DavidM wrote: I've got a wall in a bathroom to paper, paper is spongeable but not vinyl. It will need protecting from moisture. Googling finds decorators varish, available in gloss, satin and matt, will probably go for matt or maybe satin. Does anyone have experience of his stuff, I've never used it before and don't want to wreck the customers wallpaper? Any "gotchas" to look out for. I normally use Solvite (powder, not ready mix) for paper hanging, is this ok? I've found this (Polyvine Decorators Varnish): http://www.polyvine.com/shop/show/va...%20varnishes/6 but maybe someone has other recommendations? anyone? We have got some Polyvine water based varnish. It's OK, but not as a) * tough and; b) hard-surfaced as another company's water based floor seal. I've not heard of people varnishing wallpaper except in emulation of * Victorian techniques. I've not tried it, but wallpaper in a bathroom sounds like madness to me. NT |
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On 8/11/2011 2:29 PM, NT wrote:
I've not tried it, but wallpaper in a bathroom sounds like madness to me. I've used heavy-duty _vinyl_ wall 'paper' in the bathroom. It's held up very well over the years. |
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I've used vinyl wallpaper and non-vinyl in bathrooms. The non-plastic wallpaper, good quality wallpaper, lasted as long as I wanted it to before redecorating, more than ten years. With varnish designed for wallpaper, I would expect things to be fine.
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On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:40:23 +0100, polygonum
wrote: On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:44:03 +0100, DavidM wrote: On Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:59:38 +0100, DavidM wrote: I've got a wall in a bathroom to paper, paper is spongeable but not vinyl. It will need protecting from moisture. Googling finds decorators varish, available in gloss, satin and matt, will probably go for matt or maybe satin. Does anyone have experience of his stuff, I've never used it before and don't want to wreck the customers wallpaper? Any "gotchas" to look out for. I normally use Solvite (powder, not ready mix) for paper hanging, is this ok? I've found this (Polyvine Decorators Varnish): http://www.polyvine.com/shop/show/va...%20varnishes/6 but maybe someone has other recommendations? anyone? We have got some Polyvine water based varnish. It's OK, but not as a) tough and; b) hard-surfaced as another company's water based floor seal. I've not heard of people varnishing wallpaper except in emulation of Victorian techniques. The one in the link say "For interior emulsion wallpaper, fabric and plaster work", so comparing it with a floor varnish is maybe unfair. I'd not heard of varnishing wallpaper either until this customer mentioned it, she's from Oz and apparently it's relatively common there. |
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